A thin film of polymer microspheres that reflects light in intriguing ways could be used to make road signs that shine brightly and change color at night.
26 August 2019
A new system comprising a polymer/aluminum film in a solar 'shelter' can help cool buildings in crowded cities without consuming electricity.
21 August 2019
Researchers have found a way to forecast likely points of failure in 2D disordered lattices without needing to study detailed states of the material.
21 August 2019
Sulfonated, charged multiblock thermoplastic elastomers as self-sterilizing materials.
15 August 2019David Bradley
Only about five phases have been discovered in the simplest block copolymers, but researchers have now found a new one.
14 August 2019
Graphene membranes covered in polymeric chains are better at capturing carbon dioxide than previous high-performance membranes.
6 August 2019
direct laser writing approach can print such shape-changing 3D polymer micromachines in a single step
2 August 2019Cordelia Sealy
Flexible sensor array mimics some of the tactile properties of human skin
2 August 2019Laurie Winkless